No.2, Mar/Apr 1980 Dave Winter, 257 Common Dedham
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of the LEPIOOPTERISTS' SOCIETY No.2, Mar/Apr 1980 Dave Winter, Editor 257 Common Street Dedham, MA 02026 USA ====================================================================================== ASSOCIATE EDITORS ART: Les Sielski RIPPLES: Jo Brewer ZONE COORDINATORS 1 Robert Langston 8 Kenelm Philip 2 Jon Shepard 5 Mo Nielsen 9 Eduardo Welling M. 3 Ray Stanford 6 Dave Baggett interim 10 Paul Opler 4 Hugh Freeman 7 Dave Winter 11 Quimby Hess ====================================================================================== ZONE 1: SOUTHWEST: ARIZONA, NEVADA, CALIFORNIA, HAWAII. Coordinator: R. L. Langston (RLL)~ Contributors: G.T.Austin (GA), G.Balogh (GB), J.P.Brock (JPB), K.Davenport (KD) W.Dawes (WO), J.F.Emmel (JE), C.D.Ferris (CDF), G.A.Gorelick (GG), R.V.Kelson (RK), J. Lane (JL), R.H.Leuschner (RHL), A.M.Shapiro (AS), O.Shields (OS), &R.E.Wells (RW). COUNTY, STATE (in caps.) = new county, state records. HIGH, LOW * elevation records. ARIZONA: Twelve new county records for butterflies, with SOUTH, EAST, &WEST range extensions. No migrations reported for Arizona in 1979. Most of the moths listed be low are the usual species from their respective locales, but are included this time as a reference so that they need not be repeated in future summaries. MOTHS: SPHINGIDAE: Sphinx dolli, Madera cyn., 27 July (GB). SATURNIIDAE: Automer is pamina, Guadaloupe Cyn., Cochise Co., 13 Aug. (CDF). CITHERONIIDAE: Sphingocampa hubbardi, Guadaloupe Cyn., 13 Aug. (CDF). Eacles imperialis oslari, Lower Ash Cjrt., Huachuca Mts., Cochise Co., 15 July (GB, N.McFarland) &Madera Cyn., 27 July (GB). CTENUCHIDAE: Ctenucha venosa, Half mi S Oracle Jet., Pima C~., 7 July, & betw. Cave Cr. &Rustler Park, Cochise Co., 21 June (GB). C. cressonana, Nof Nelson Res., Apache Co. 22 July (GB). ARCTIIDAE: Lycomorpha grotei,-Bear Cyn., S. Catalina Mts., Pima Co., 7 July (GB). Ptychoglene phrada, Madera Cyn., 14 July, (GB). Aemilia ambigua &Phaeg optera astur arizonmnsis, South Fork Cyn., Cave Creek, Cochise Co., 14-15 Aug. (CDF). Bertholdia trigona, Madera Cyn., 27 July (GB). AGARISTIDAE: AlyPiodes bimaculata, Mon tezuma Pass, Huachuca Mts., Cochise Co., 29 July (GB). NOCTUIDAE: Lithophane contra, Cave Creek, Cochise Co., 12 Apr. (RHL). Catocala streckeri, Lower Ash Cyn., Huachuca Mts., 15 July (GB, N.McFarland). C. s., C. aholibah &C.desdemona, Madera Cyn., 26-27 July (GB). £: ~ & £.. violenta,South Fork Cyn., 14-15 Aug. (CDF). Matigramma~ suffusa, Gaudalupe Cyn.,13 Aug. (CDF) . LASIOCAMPIDAE: Gloveria arizonensis, Quadrina~ ~ (many) &Atarce colaria abo ~, South Fork Cyn., 14-15 Aug. (CDF) . ZANOLIDAE: Par argyractis jaliscalis, Guadalupe Cyn., 13 Aug.(CDF). BUTTERFLIES: Amblyscirtes simius, 4 mi S Springerville, Apache Co., 25 June EARLY, same loco as 4 Aug. 78 (possible double brood? JPB). Atrytonopsis ovinia edwardsi, Cave Creek, Cochise COUNTY &EAST, 12 Apr.(RHL). Hesperia ~ susanae abundant, White Mts. 13 Apache-Navajo Cos., 2-3 Sept. (GA). ~. woodgatei in washes &~. pahaska hilltopping, Hualpai Mts., Mohave Co., 23 Sept. (GA). ~. viridis (SOUTH) &Adopaeoides prittwitzi, Parker Canyon Lake, 29 July--both new for Chocise COUNTY (GB). Piruna pirus, Ditch Camp, Apache Co., 21 July & KP Cienega, White Mts., Greenlee COUNTY, 22 July (GB). Pholisora alpheus on the "flats" of San Simeon Valley, Cochise COUNTY, 12 Apr. (RHL). Also P. alphrus, Rancha Del Rio Wof Bisbee, 15 July, SOUTH record & 2nd for Cochise Co., plus Box Cyn., Santa Rita Mts., Pima COUNTY, 4 July GB). ~ scriptura, Rancha Del Rio, Cochise COUNTY &SOUTH, 15 July (GB). Papilio rutulus, Hospital Flat, Pinaleno Mts., Graham COUNTY, 8 July (GB). Phoebis sennae marcellina, Sycamore Cyn., S. Cruz Co., 1 July (~ommon, with many albinic females, South Fork Cyn., Cave Creek, Cochise Co., 14 Aug. (CDF). ~. agarithe, Peppersauce Cyn., Pinal Co., 8 April!! EARLY (JPB) & Sycamore Cyn., 1 July (GB). Eurema boisduvaliana, Box Cyn., S. Rita Mts., Pima Co., 4 May (JPB), 4 July (GB). E. mexicana, Hualpai Mts., Mohave COUNTY, 3 June ~Rare in Mojave Desert--few western Ariz. records, only 2 Nevada records.] A~ sara in hami, Cave Creek, 12 April (RHL). Emesis zela cleis with dd darker & ~~ paler than normal, Guadalupe Cyn., Chochise Co., 13 AU9 .. CDF ; Box Cyn., Pima COUNTY, 4 July &Madera Cyn., Santa Cruz COUNTY, 14 July (GB). Phaeostrymon alcestis oslari larvae on soapberry, Sapindus saponaria, Molino Basin, Pima COUNTY, 29 Apr. (JPB). Lycaena ferrisi, Ditch Campm, White Mts., Apache Co., 21 July (GB) [In 77 Summary from Greer, 8600'--RHL]. Phyciodes pi eta canace, US 93 at Big Sandy R., M~have Co., 3 June (GA) & Rancha Del Rio W. of Bisbee, Cochise Co., 15 July (GB). Thessalia fulvia, Box Cyn., Pima Co., 4 May--rare ln the Santa Ritas (JPB); 1 mi. S. Vernon, White Mts., Apache Co., 3 Sept. &Hualpai Mts., Mohave COUNTY &WEST, 23 Sept. (GA). Poladryas arachne, Speyeria electa nausicaa, ~. mormonia luski & ~•. aphrodite byblis, White Mts., Apache-Greenlee Cos., 21-22 July (GB). Same 4 species common but past prime, plus ~. nokomis nitocris, White Mts., Apache-Navajo Cos., 2-3 Sept. (GA). NEVADA: One STATE record and 27 new COUNTY records, with NORTH, SOUTH, EAST &WEST range extensions. For butterflies, of course, asnomoth reports for Nevada, as usual. "No migration was evident for anything .... " (GA). BUTTERFLIES: Callophrys comstocki in rocky canyon 6 mi. NW. of Goodsprings, Clark Co., 12 Apr. (GG). All following recor'ds by GA: ~. eufala (NORTH for Nev. ), ~. campestris &~. sabuleti, 3 mi. N. Pahrump, 7 Oct., all NEW for Nye COUNTY. ~. uncas lasus swarming on composites in Reese River Valley, Lander Co., 8 July. ~'~' Caliente, Lincoln COUNTY, 16 Sept. [Clark only pre vious Co. for Nev.] P. rapae, N. iole (NORTH for Nev.) &A. sara thoosa, Cherry Creek summit, Quinn Canyon Range, 28 May, all NEW for Nye COUNTY. A. mormo, half m~. Lida, Esmeralda COUNT~ ~A. palmerii marginal is, Cherry Patch Ranch Rd. 5 mi. N. Hwy. 16, Nye COUNTY, 7-0ct":-Hypaurotis crysalus, Highland Range, Lincoln COUNTY, STATE & WEST, 22, 29 July--"Good colony!" (GA). ~. saepium, Wilson Creek Range, 9000', Lincoln COUNTY, 29 July--rare in eastern Nev. f. fotis, Patterson Pass Rd. W. of US 93 & Bristol Mts. 12 mi. N. Pioche, both Lincoln COUNTY, 27 May. A. halesus corcorani, US 93 at Atlanta Rd., 29 July &Meadow Valley Wash, 14 Oct., both Lincoln COUNTY; Mesquite Rd., Pahrump, Nye COUNTY, 7 Oct. P. shasta minehaha (not entirely typical), Wilson Creek Range, 9000', Lincoln COUNTY &SOUTH, 24 July. Chlosyne neumoegeni, Meadow Valley Wash, Lincoln COUNTY, NORTH &EAST, 16 Sept. Poladryas arachne, Oxbow Spgs. Wash, 5 mi. E. Nyala Rd., Quinn Canyon Range, Nye COUNTY, 28 May, with I. leanira alma. ~.vanillae incarnata, Red Rock area, 29 Apr. &Christmas Tree Pass, Newberry Mts., 6 May, Clark Co.--possibly no Passiflora for many miles [2nd & 3rd state records]. Many C. oetus pallescens on composites in Reese River Valley, Lander Co., 8 July. Additional COUNTY records include: ~. sylvinus (Linco~~. rubidus (Esmeralda); ~. helloides (Lincoln); ~. ceraunus ~ (Lincoln, Nye); ~. atalanta rubria (Lincoln); f. virginiensis (Esmeralda); &~. coenia (Lincoln, Nye, White Pine)--G. Austin has details. CALIFORNIA: With numerous collectors in Calif. for many years, there are only three new COUNTY records, with NORTH, SOUTH &WEST range extensions. Also among the butterflies, several EARLY-LATE, HIGH-LOW and NEW HOST records. MIGRATORY SPECIES: Colias cesonia, Bonanza King Mine Cyn., Providence Mts., San Bernardino Co., 28 May (WD). Cynthia cardui: Parrots Ferry Bridge, Calaveras-Tuolumne Cos., few on 6 Apr. (RLL). Arrived at Davis, Yolo Co. en masse 7 Apr., very high 12 Apr. thru early May moving N. and breeding. Again at Davis 29 Aug. moving S. thru 11 Nov. (AS). FreSh adults C. Costa Co., 23 June & San Joaquin Co., 19 July (RLL). Bodega Bay, Sonoma Co., 16 Sept., &in large numbers, Kensington, C. Costa Co., 29 Sept.-18 Nov. (RLL). Sparse W. &WNW. migration, Mt. San Gorgonio, 10-11,000', HIGH, S. Bdno. Co., 23 Sept. (JE). Junonia coenia from SW. to NE. thru Davis, Yolo Co., 29 Apr.-l May (AS), but not in Rancho Cordova, Sacto. Co. by 2 May (AS) [Any migratory tendencies in the buckeye noted by others?--RLL]. Nymphalis californica: In numbers at Briceburg, Mariposa Co., 10 Mar. (KD); few worn hibernants, Del Puerto Cyn., Stanislaus Co., 24 Mar. (RLL); fair numbers Salt Springs Res. Rd., 3200-3500', Amador Co., 4 Apr. &S. of Hathaway Pines, 2500', Calaveras Co., 5 Apr. (RLL, RW); returned to Kern Co. after nearly a 3-year absence--Havilah &Breckenridge Mtn., 6 June, Mt. Pinos, 28 June (KD). Danaus plexippus: Worn adults Stanislaus Co., 24 March, C. Costa Co., 1 Apr. &Amador Co. at 3500',4 Apr. (RLL); fresh adults &larvae San Joaquin Co., 19 July (RLL). Greater than usual numbers of fall migrants, C. Costa Co., 23 Sept., numerous all of Oct. &last noted 13 Dec. (RLL). MOTHS: SPHINGIDAE: Many large larvae of Pholus achemon on Concord grape, Pine Grove, 2500', 1 Aug. &larvae on Tokay grape, Jacks~200', 4 Sept., both Amador Co. (RLL).--prope~clarkiae, Parrots Ferry Bridge, Calaveras Co., 6 Apr. (RLL). SATURNIIDAE: Platysamia euryalis, ca. 20 cocoons on Ceanothus, 2 mi. E. Arnold, 4500', Calaveras Co., 5 Apr. (RLL, RW)--adults emgd. early May. NOLIDAE: Sarbena minuscula, Jackson, 1200', Amador Co., 4 Apr. (RLL). NOCTUIDAE: Raphia cinderella, Acronicta brumosa, Lacini olia comis & Amphipyra pyramidoides, Jackson, 30 July-2 Aug. (RLL). Cucullia laetifica, I 5 E. of Tupman, Kern Co., 14 Jan., EARLY RLL. Oncocnemis mirificalis ®ina, Mt. Pinos, Ventura Co., 8 Sept., day-flying AND at light(RHL). Q. linda &wilsonensis, Stiria dtari, Lythrodes radiatus, Schinia oculata &aleucis and Paracretonia aleptivoides, Pinyon Crest, 4400', Riverside Co., 31 Aug. RHL). Annaphila abdita, astrologa & lithosina, Del Puerto Cyn., Stanislaus Co., 24 Mar. (RLL). ~. decia & diva yosemitensis, Kern Cyn. at Democrat Hot Spgs., 2200', Kern Co., 24 Mar. (RHL). ~. pseudoastrologa, Parrots Ferry Bridge, 6 Apr. (RLL). ~. ida, Angeles Crest & Forest Hwys., L.A. Co., 29 Apr.